food – weightloss – life

Slimming World Syns – Nandos

When I rejoined Slimming World I knew I would have to make many sacrifices, eating out regularly would be one of them. When I did SW the last time around we exclusively only ever went to the Harvester as it had the salad bar and lots of chicken and steak choices. I never really considered checking out other restaurants as I thought the syns would be ridiculous. Oh how wrong I was!

I was browsing on Instagram and came across the page of @fopperholicslimmingworld. She posted a picture of herself eating Nandos and my mind was blown. Have I been missing out for all this time? I checked syns online and actually squealed, I squealed for Nandos!

I also had a side salad with this to get my much needed fix of speed food!

I have been a few times now and made SW friendly options. Don’t get me wrong, you can’t have a double chicken pineapple pitta with peri peri chips and coleslaw, however the other options are just as tasty and so much better for you! Additionally, Nando’s also has the best drinks dispenser EVER. You have hundreds of drinks to choose from and they all have a sugar free option! My favourite fizzy drink has always been Vanilla Coke, something I can’t enjoy on SW, so being able to enjoy a diet Vanilla Coke with my Nando’s is the cherry on the cake!

Here are the more SW friendly options:

Mains:

Nandos Corn on the Cob, without Butter (regular & large) – FREE

Nandos Side Salad – FREE

Nandos Spicy Rice (regular) – 2 syns

Nandos Spicy Rice (large) – 4.5 syns

Nandos Chicken Butterfly with Skin, Plain (per serving) – 3 syns

This is plain without any peri peri flavouring

Nandos Peri-Peri 1/4 Flame-Grilled Chicken Breast (per serving) – 3

Nandos Peri-Peri Salt (2 level tsp) – 1/2

Desert:

Fat Free Frozen Yogurt in Strawberry- 2 syns per serving

Fat Free Frozen Yogurt in Mango- 2 syns per serving

Fat Free Frozen Yogurt in Vanilla- 2 syns per serving

Fat Free Frozen Yogurt in Chocolate- 2.5 syns per serving

Now, I have to make it very clear that the Fat Free Frozen Yogurt doesn’t appear on syns online so the above is an educated guess. If you go onto the syns calculator, type in fat free yogurt as a free food and then add the nutritional values it brings these syns up.

*UPDATE* Nando’s have just got back to me and confirmed the nutritional value for the Fat Free Frozen Yogurt is for 100ml.

I hope this helps you to make good choices! What’s your favourite Nandos combo?

Syn values given, may not always be accurate, and ideally, should be checked with Slimming world using official resources such as the Syns calculator, Syns Online on LifelineOnline or by calling the Syns Hotline on 09068518518.